Can you keep chickens in Township of East Hanover, NJ?
Only on farms. East Hanover zoning allows chickens or other fowl only on farms, which are permitted in the R-120 zones on parcels of 10 acres or more where the owner lives, and the sanitation code also requires Health Department permission.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No numeric limit on a qualifying farm |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Special written permission from the Township Department of Health |
| Coop setback | Chicken houses and runs follow the zone's accessory-building setbacks |
| Lot size | Farm of 10 acres or more, owner residing (R-120 and R-120-CR zones) |
| Rule adopted | May 2019 |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Ordinary residential lots cannot keep chickens.
- The health code permission alone does not make chickens legal where zoning does not allow them.
- This is East Hanover Township, not Hanover Township.
What about ducks?
Not as of right. East Hanover's zoning treats 'chickens or other fowl' alike, allowing them only on farms, and any coop or pen must stay 100 feet from doors and windows of buildings.
§§ 95-52, 95-53; § 201-2A: "The keeping of chickens or other fowl but only on farms as permitted" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of East Hanover?
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In an HOA? The town allowing hens is not the same as your association allowing them. What an HOA can and cannot stop.
New to this? Start with how to raise chickens in NJ, or what a coop costs.
Chicken rules in nearby Morris County towns
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